Guns such as semiautomatic rifles (used in Orlando, San Bernardino, Aurora, Newtown, etc.), as well as fully automatic guns, and shotguns with large magazines that can hold multiple rounds were largely banned.

Did it work? In a word, yes. 20 years later, there has not been a mass killing by guns in that country ever since. Experts point to the gun bans as the reason why.

But we’re not going to do that here in the Good Ol’ U.S. Of A., are we? I mean, once we heard about the carnage at an elementary school in Newtown, and once we accepted shot-up school kids as the price to pay for “freedom,” that ship sailed. Let me say that again: Newtown showed that we were OK with the rapid-fire slaughter of dozens of children. Just another day in paradise.

Not taking action after Orlando will also show that we’re OK with the mass slaughter of young LGBTQ people dancing at a nightclub meant for them, feeling safe, and planning their future lives.